BYBRENDAN COLEON 4/26/22 AT 4:52 AM EDT01:04

CIA Warns Putin Could Use Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine Out Of ‘Desperation’

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there is a “serious” risk of World War 3, as he accusedNATOof waging a proxy conflict with Moscow.

In a TV interview with Russia’s Channel One, Lavrov invoked the possibility of the Ukraine war escalating into a nuclear conflict, despite the repeated insistence by the Kremlin that it would only use conventional weapons.

Kyiv dismissed Lavrov’s comments as an attempt to “scare the world off” from backing Ukraine.

In the preamble to the first question Lavrov faced on “Bolshaya Igra” (Big Game), anchor Dmitry Simes referred to PresidentJoe Biden‘s…